"holden" meaning in Middle English

See holden in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈhɔːldən/, /ˈhaːldən/
Etymology: From Old English healdan, from Proto-West Germanic *haldan, from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”). Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|healdan}} Old English healdan, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*haldan}} Proto-West Germanic *haldan, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haldaną||to watch, look after}} Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to watch, look after”) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} holden Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-st|hold|held|3s2=holt|class=7}} Forms: strong [table-tags], holden [infinitive], to holden [infinitive], holde [infinitive], holde [first-person, present, singular], held [first-person, past, singular], holdest [present, second-person, singular], helde [past, second-person, singular], held [past, second-person, singular], holdeth [present, singular, third-person], holt [present, singular, third-person], held [past, singular, third-person], holde [present, singular, subjunctive], helde [past, singular, subjunctive], holde [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], holden [plural, present], holde [plural, present], helden [past, plural], helde [past, plural], holdeth [imperative, plural, present], holde [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], holdynge [participle, present], holdende [participle, present], holden [participle, past], holde [participle, past], yholden [participle, past], yholde [participle, past]
  1. to hold
    Sense id: en-holden-enm-verb-wddo9PTy
  2. to consider
    Sense id: en-holden-enm-verb-rAh8mwgP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: halden, halde, halt

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈhɔːldən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaːldən/"
    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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      "ipa": "/ˈhɔːldən/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaːldən/"
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      "word": "halt"
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}

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